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ABOUT US

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ZimbaWomen is working to create opportunities for women to actively, safely and fairly participate in the economy by providing access to skills and training for women.We believe that a full and robust economy depends on equal participation of women. Through our programs, we increase the participation of women in the economy and help them gain skills needed to take on greater leadership roles in business and entrepreneurship.

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ZimbaWomen has established a socio-economic conscious business environment that includes full support of women entrepreneurs that could potentially bring millions out of poverty and reduce an alarming gender income gap seen on the African continent. The offices of ZimbaWomen are situated in Kampala, Uganda.

Our Vision

To be the leading women's e-commerce provider in Africa by 2025 with over 5,000,000 merchants fully equipped with business, IT and marketing skills with over 50,000,000 customers to support them.

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Our Mission

To enable the empowerment and development of women entrepreneurs in Africa by providing cross-cutting e-solutions and technology to provide affordable market accessibility and capacity building.

Additionally, our business development training enables better production efficiency, wider networking opportunities and stronger business leadership and team development. Therefore Our work is structured around four areas;

OUR TEAM

Chief Hustler

Sherifah is the CEO of Zimba women.
She is a fiery entrepreneur and independent thinker. Sherifah is in charge of developing a business strategy for the company She is a 2015 Mandela Washington Fellow and the regional winner(Africa and Europe) for the Commonwealth Youth Award 2018.

Chief Whip

Peace is the Co-Founder of Zimba Women. She has worked on technical IT projects for international organizations like U.S Mission Uganda, World Bank and United Nations for over 10 years.
A Computer Engineer passionate about integration of cyber security and digitization’s effect on Innovations in business, she is a member of the Africa List, International Consortium of Minority Cyber security Professionals, 2019 Paris Global Women in Tech Awards winner ,2018 Uganda Women4Women Awards and 2017 Young Achievers Awards Uganda Winner; her goal is Inspiring more women to pursue STEM and Entrepreneurial careers.

Chief Fixer

Melisa is the Operations Manager at Zimba Women. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Uganda Christian University. Her professional interests focus on education, technology, and socioeconomic empowerment.

Chief Hacker

Joan is the Head of Technology at Zimba Women.

She is in charge of web and application development. She provides leadership for continued development of innovative, robust and secure information technology environment for the organisation and its clients.